By Angelita Delcido
Pueblo welcomes our newest edition to the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program teacher, Ms. Lyndsey Bojorquez, a U of A graduate from class of 2008, who was born and raised in Sahuarita, Arizona.
Bojorquez started out her teaching career at Desert View High School and continued onto Baboquivari High School in the AVID program.
AVID is a college preparation program which teaches students various ways and lessons to prepare them for high school and—inevitably—collegiate life.
“I truly believe that AVID just serves the unrepresented students how to get to college,” said Bojorquez, “they [students] don’t classify themselves as smart, so they don’t think they can get to college, but they are.”
Bojorquez aims to teach how to self-motivate, and how to apply yourself in school so students can graduate with a contempt feeling about college and adjusting quickly.
“They [students] think school comes naturally,” she said, “but it doesn’t. You have to learn.”